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Imara analibiae

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Imara analibiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Imara
Species:
I. analibiae
Binomial name
Imara analibiae
Espinoza & González, 2005[1]

Imara analibiae is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in the forest of the Estación Biológica La Selva, near Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province in Costa Rica. The habitat consists of a mosaic of mature lowland forest, secondary growth forest of various ages and abandoned pastures.

The length of the forewings is about 45 mm for males and 59 mm for females.

References

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  • Espinoza, Bernardo & Jorge M. González, 2005: Description of a new species of Imara Houlbert, 1918 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae), Zootaxa 849: 1–8